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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
Richmond AND PETER sBURG r. n. Co, \
TRRAsrRER's OFFICE,
RfCHMONp. VA. June o. 1887.
\rOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN THAN

~ A DIVIDEND OF 3 PER CENT. ON the
capital stock Of this company will DO paid at
tho ONCE Of the company, in tue city OF Rich
mond. Va. ON AND AFTER THE 5rH DAY or
JULY NEXT, to all holders OF stock OF record
on the books Of the company on tho acth day
Of June. 1887, from which date 20 the 5fh day OF
July, 1881, the looks Of transfer win BIO closed.
M. w. WARRINGTON,
te gS-tJy5 Treasurer
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LNND Do nv FEtNIT MhKk 1T.
fkepOrted for tho Dispatrh-

JUNE 29.-1he market continues very frm
but quiet. In the absence Of stock In the hands
Of merchants Receipts are very light and sales
limited at quotations. Prime, &C.. extra prime.
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FLoUk.

We quote: Fine. ss.5oasa75; sspernne, s.. ia
SIS extra, 81 Os$@7 IS; family, tssta.5e: psteni
family, country, <l.75aS5.25
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30

WEDNESDAY. June 80, 1857.
SALEs-FIRsT B0ARD.-$il Virginia 3 per
cent (fractionaD at 64i4.
Closing quotations at the Stock Board
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UNION BANK or RIcHMoND,l
RICHMOND, June 25, 1857.
VHE DIRECTORS OF THIS BANK

L have out OF the profits OF the current six
months declared a DIVIDEND OF PEk EMIT,
or So per share free Of taxi. payable to the
stockholders on and after JULY /, 1857
10 Psi JAMES MILLER Cashier
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GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.

OFfkkIkeo
WHEAT.-s6 bushels.
CORN, 800 bushels.
OATs.-600 bushels.
NILL-OFFAL.-42 tons.
No sales reported.
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COTTON KRPORT,
Market dull.
QUOTATIONS..
MmDLIsG.-ii7sc.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07
Unlealthful Occupations.

When the air we breathe is contaml-
mated by stagnation, by breathing, by
fires or artificial light, such as candles,
lamps and gas, it operates as a poison
and Injuries the constitution. People
seem to think that VIII holcsome food and
drink are much more important than
pure air, and their reason of so thinking
is because air is an invisible substance.
Crowds of mechanics of all kinds, are
frequently pcnt up from morning to
night, without even thinking of opening
their windows for single half hour for
the admission of fresh air. When in
England one.tifth of all the deaths are
from pulmonary consumption; in France
one-sixth; in Germany one-seventh, and
in our own country one-eighth ;and when
we see the carelessncss on cIery hand
about what we breathe, it is not difficult
10 discover the cause OF such fearful
mortality, and also it is not difficult to
discover, the remedy. As things are now
it cannot be denied that some occupa-
tions are moro unhcalthful than others,
and yet the differences in a sanitary
sense, could be greatly lesscned. City
people are more subject to pulmonary
disease than those of the country, and
this need not be; at least while there is
so free circulation of pure air in the
city, better use conld be made of what
there is.
Sedentary employments are less favor
able than the active kinds, yet the man
ner and posture can work marked modi-
tications. A dust laden atmosphere is the
most difficult evil to face. To environ
the worker with pure atmosphere is
possible but its execution is not so easy.
Occupations that are classcd as unhealth'
full can be made less so by properly un
derstandng and practicng the laws Of
breathing. - Health and Home.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07

Tho small town of Wcrda, in the
kingdom of Dahomey, is celebrated for
its Temple OF Serpents, long building
in which the priests keep upward of 1000
serpents of all sexes, which they feed
with the frogs and birds brought to
them as offerings by the natives. These
serpents, many Of them of enormous size,
may be seen hanging from the beams
across the ceiling with their heads hang
ing downward, and in all sorts of strange
contortions. The priests make the small
serpents go through various evolutions
by lightly touching them with rod, but
they do not venture to touch the larger
ones, some of which are big enough to
enfold a bullock in their coils. 1t often
happens that some of these serpents make
their way out of the temple into the
town, and the priests have the greatest
difficulty in coaxing them back. To kill
serpent Intentionally is a crime pun
ished with death; and If European
were to kill one the authority of the
King himself would scarcely suffice to
save his life. Any one killing serpent
unintentionally must inform the priest
of what has occurred, and go through
the course of publication which takes
place once year. -[St. James Gazette.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07
A Beavers Instinct.

An old hunter living in the Crazy
Mountains caught young beaver soon
after its birth and carried it to his cabin,
where he gradually made great pet of
it. As the youngster approached ma
turity he got to building dams, and each
morning the hunter found his cabin floor
divided by dam that reached from
wall to wall, the component parts of
which were frewood, boots, articles of
clothing and other movable articles in
the house that could be reached or
transported. To add to the confusion,
a basin or bucket of water, if possible
was capsizcd and flooded over the floor.
This little animal, who had never seen
q stream or dam to know either, was
busily at work engaged in doing what
his forefathers had done a thousand
years before him.
While all other game or ur-bearing
animals of the northwest are likely to
be exterminated without dissenting
voice the poor little harmless and hard
working beaver has found a fast friend
in the catte-men and herd owners. The
reason is obvious. In this great dry
country and climate the streams and
water-holes on the ranges are few and
far between. Moisture is the cattle
mans greatest want. Now, beaver
destroys nothing but trees, and as there
are few of the latter on the great tree
less plains of Montana, the beaver OF
necessity lives on shrubs and roots and
builds his dam where he may. This
Just suits the cattleman, who finds in the
insignificant little quadruped, compared
to his 1000-pound steers, most val
liable ally in providing ponds and drink
ing places where there were none before
San Francisco Call.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07
Kerry Cows,

The cattle Of Kerry are native Irish
breed, indigenous to the mountainous
regions, whence their name comes they
arc very strong of constitution, their
beef is finely marked, and their females
are valuable for the dairy, where they
rank not inferior to any others bred in the
British Kingdom. The peculiar desig-
nation of the Kerry, that she is the poor
mans cow, clearly defines her capacities,
which fit her to thrive on scanty fare,
and, though thus faring, make good re-
turns to the milk pal. Usually these
cows are small! but when we'll fed, they
reach good size, and for the quantity
and quality of their milk are quite in
valuable to the cottage people and the
poor tenant t-holders of Ireland. In color,
the Kerry is black, ordinarily, with
"line-back;" but this is not their only
color, for brown, white and black, and
brown and black ones are found as we'll.
the COWS have the points for the dairy:
the skin is soft, fine and yielding to the
touch; its creamy tingc is plain, especi-
ally at the muzzlc and the ears, and
their escutcheons arc tokens of their
quality; their horns are fine, turning
upward in a piquant way, and their
whole appearance is one of exceeding
neatness and grace. American import
ers have not invested in them to any ex-
tent, which makes them unfamiliar to
our people, but their own good qualities,
their thrift and adaptability, and their
gcniality in crossing with the larger
breeds, whereby they increase their fat
tcning propcnsity-and with the ap-
proved dairy strains-convince us that
their introduction should be furthered
and fostered. There is money in the
Kerry COW, whether preserved in the
purity of her blood or changed by out
crossing. She is essentially a dairy ami
NAL, and there her intrinsic value is
great and broadly excmplifed. Il Amer
lean Agriculturist
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07
So LONDONDERRY VT. THURSDAY April. T. 1887.

"Mary! Maryw screamed the shrill,
falsetto voice of Mrs. Yorke. "Why,
what has become of the child2 She's
here, and there and nowhere, like a
will-o'-the-wisp. Mary! is that you
coming up the lanea And Classy sick,
and old Betsey gone home to her sisters
funeral! l should like to know what is
to become of Number Nineteen's dinner,
with the chickens scorching, and the
brcad-sauce to be made, and the cherry
tartets not looked at2 You arc getting
too careless for anything, and-Oh, good
gracious me, SIR with q prodigious
start, "Tm sure l beg thousand pardons,
but"
"Am always hereafter to be known
by number, like lottery ticket 7" said
Hugh Derby, laughing. 'Ncvcr mind
the dinner, Mrs. Yorke-Miss Folyott
could tell you that am an old friend of
hers"
And when Mrs. Yorke heard the story,
she was quite willing to concede that
truth was stranger than fiction; and for
an instant it seemed almost possible that
Abe, the tin-reddlcr, might yet appear
on this mundane sphere.
"One thing wouldn't be more i'm
possible than tother," said she, as she
weighed out spices for a pudding.
While Hugh and Mary, walking by
the sea, watched the purple portals of
sunset close on the beautiful Decoration
Day which had brought such gift of
happiness to their hearts. = Saturday
Night.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07

We have often seen, in school and
college ANNALS, tables giving the aver
age weight, height and mental attain
ments of a class Of fifty, or perhaps two
hundred members; but that the personal
appearance of all the different iudivid-
uals composing the class could be TO-
cused into one set Cf features, which
would combine the most prominent
characteristics of the entire number in a
single type-this might seem TO be be-
yond the bounds of possibility. And yet
the feat, for such it may still be called,
has been successfully performed num-
Der Of times. An almost uncanny sensa-
ton seizcs one as he realizes that the
face which he sees as the result is neither
the fancy sketch of an artist, nor yet tho
likeness of a friend.
The process by which the various
portraits are transferred from their re-
spectivc negatives and blended into one
resulting type is a very complicated and
delicate one. To be sure, even in the
most successful cases, the outlines are
somewhat indefinite and hazy, but the
face itself preserves to a wonderful de-
gree the most marked characteristics of
the group.
TIE art has been named composite
photography; and we should think that
our American novelists, with their par
iiality for character study, might herein
find an interesting field for their pens. -
Golden Argosy.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07
Adulterated Spices.

81 know man," remarked gentle
man this morning, ''who is so conscien-
tious that, after starting in the spice bust
ness at considerable expense, he sold out
at a loss rather than continue manufac-
turing concern that could only be made
profitable by adulterating the manufac-
lures and selling impure goods. There
is more adulteration in spice, he told me
than in anything else, and the making
of the adulterating agents is business
in itself. Why it has not been long
since there was NIL over in Camden
where fruit-importing firms here, and
those that manufactured prepared cocoa
nut, sent their cocoanut shel.s, which
were then ground into powder and used
for adulteration. l believe the method
is to find out what you can get for your
spices and then adulterate them so you
can make profit at the figures ramed.
The strength and pungency of the spice
are usually made to correspond with its
price. ri Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07
Two of COnstantinople's Mysteries.

The following is from Emile billiards
second article in the April Cosmopoli-
tan on "Lifc Beneath the Crescent"
Below, Birbin Derell presents its
mysterious opening. 1t is cistern with
thousand columns, under which
slumbered formerly large and deep
lake. To-day it is dry, and one can
walk freely among the pillars, which
vanish in the darkness. The Armenian
silk winders have set up their frames in
this subterrancan place, into which the
light comes in fantastic CLEANS, and
which covers not less than 20, 900 square
feet.
The Yere Batan Serai Qalacc under
ground is another cistern, less cele-
brated but quite as curious. 1t still
contains thin sheet Of stagnant water,
which is healthy only to the frogs that
have made it their home. 1t is reached
by dark passage, the vault OF which is
supported by 336 marble columns, be-
longing to fantastic and very mixed
architecture. 1t is scarcely century
since this cstern was discovered. Mus
sulmans, who yield nothing to the Occi-
dentals in the domain of superstitions,
tell a thousand dismal stories about those
that dared to brave the shadows Of this
mysterious cistern, where the Angel Of
Evil comes to seek an asylum when no
visits Constantinople.- E. Cosmopolitan.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07
Street Scenes in CeylOn.

Leaving the carriage, writes cores
pondent of the Baltimore Sun, we start
ed out for walk through the streets,
which present an aspect very different
from those of cities in India. Europeans,
Cingalesc, TamiIs and Moormen all min
gle together in apparent concord, and
each race could easily be distinguished
by manner Of dress from the others.
The male Cingalesc is walking curios-
ity in the matter of dress. In the place
of trousers he wears a rectangular piece
of figured stuff wrapped around his legs
from his waist to his ankles-wrapped
SO tight as to make it impossible for him
to take any but short, mincing steps.
With this he also wears short, neat
jacket of dark cloth. His hair, which
is long and of glossy black, he wears
combed straight back and rolled up into
a tight roll on the back of his head, with
this roll kept in place by large, high
tortoise-shell comb. As general rule
he also wears earrings, and, if he is
young, it is not an uncommon thing for
strangers to mistake him for Il woman.
Their women dress much in the same
style, with the exception of the jackets,
and it is often difficult to distinguish
between the SEXES
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07
Turpentlne Farming In Georgia.

A turpentine farm consists of from five
to forty crops Of 10, 500 boxes each. The
work is sometimes carried on by tho
owners of the pine forests themselves;
again, the trees are leased out for GER
tain number of years, two or three being
about the limit. Negro labor is princi-
pally employed in this section. The
work commences in November, when the
boxing of the trees begins. The boxes,
which are cut slopipg back into the trees
about foot from the ground, measure
three inches back at bottom, four deep,
and about II in length. In March they
are cornered; that is, chip is taken off
on both sides just above the ends of the
boxes. Next the faces for dripping are
cut V-shape between and above the
places Clipped. The number of faces
on each tree depends upon its size, vary
ing from one to three. Besides the
original cutting of the faces, the trees
are hacked once week during the drip
ping season with peculiarly shaped
knife suited to the purpose. The hack
ing increases the length of the faces,
as one or two inches Of bark are taken off
above each time.
The dipping of the crude into bar
rels begins about the middle of March,
and the boxes are emptied seven or eight
times during the season. They hold
from one two quarts each, and from 1O,-
900 boxes 210 barrels is considered a
fair, $50 a fine yield. The first years
dripping is called "virgin," the second
"yearling," and all after "old stuff"
From eight barrels of crude they get two
OF spirits of turpentine, and five to five
and half of resin. Of the latter there
are several grades: W. w., "water-
whitc"; W. G., "window-glass"; M,
next highest, and SO on up the alpha
bet, but down in quality, to A, the let
ter being omitted. The first drippings,
if not scorched in boiling, make beau
tifully white, transparent resin; hence
the name '.wattr-white." The crude
producing this can never be obtained
from the trees after the first month'srun-
ming; that for W. G., "window-glass, /"
possibly, into July Or August.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07
Indian Pain Relieyement.

The Apache -Mojaves sometimes resort
to the Tonto medicine men to receive
the rattlesnako treatment for the relief
OF pain.
At the agency one day the rafting of
snake attracted my attention, and on
approaching group of Indians from
which the sound seemed to proceed l
found medicine man squatting down
holding large rattlesnake in his right
hand, the thumb and index finger of
which cncirclcd it close to its head,
while he gently stroked its back with
his left.
Presently an old man advanced to him,
and, saying he had pain in his head,
squatted on the ground. The medicine
man arose, and, placing himself behind
his patient, coilcd the snake around his
head, and, whiic holding it there, ut
tered guttcral chant, occasionally
causing the snake to vlbratc its rattlcs.
He then quickly uncoiled the snake and
swung it head foremost away from the
mans head, at the same time making
he sound whist.
The man then pointed to his right
arm, and the medicine man laid the
snake along the limb, its head resting
on the hand. He chanted again, caused
it to rattle, and swung ltaway as before.
The old man arose, and with satisfied
air walked away. Other patients sue
cccded him to have the snake laid on
various parts Of the body.
After time the medicine man rested
the snake on the ground again, and,
still retaining his hold of it with his
right hand, put pinch of yellow pollen
into its mouth with the left, and rubbed
some along its belly. He then held his
hand out to man, who took pinch of
the powder and rubbed it on the crown
ola boys head. Yellow pollen treated
in this manner is a common remedy for
headache, and may frequently be seen on
the crown OF the head of men and boys. -
American Antiquarian.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07
Too Narrow.

There was an estimable Quaker woman
who kept boarding house, and was so
prospered as to be often obliged to send
some of her patrons to lodge in the
houses of her neighbors. Recently a
company of dozen or so of Baltimore
ans, who had been recommended to this
lady, arrived in the city, and at once re-
paired to her residence.
81 can give thee all board" said she
to the Marylanders. "but thee must sleep
in Collins"
"What" cried the amazed spokes-
man.
"That is the best | can do for thee;
and if thee do not Ike it, thee can go
elsewhere"
And the indignant visitors went.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07
HUMOROUS.

It is wise stock that knows its own
par.
The best illustrated paper out-A
banknote.
A fowery speech-Au address before
a millers' convention.
A leading question-"Will you take
this horse to waterl"
The ocean is like a good housewife
very tidy.
Crossed in lovc-The suspenders your
girl makes you.
The man without enemies may not bc
much of man, but he has q soft time of
it.
Would it be proper to call an alley
where street fight has taken place an
allegory2
Poor people are like oysters in one re-
spect. A number of them have to sleep
in the same bed.
The base ball players, it is predicted,
will be out on strikes very frequently
during the season.
"You can't play that on me-" said the
piano to the amateur, who broke down
on difficult piece of music.
The postage stamp is particularly un-
fortunate. When a man wants to lick it
he attacks it behind its back.
A physician says: "If child docs
not thrive on fresh milk, boil it." How
does he expect boiled child is going to
thrive?
"That's what 1 call hush money" re-
marked the man as he paid the druggist
ior bottle Of parcgoric to take home to
the baby.
A youth is conscious how little his
elders know until he gets to be an elder
himself Then he realizes the deicien-
cies of youth.
Customer: ''Do you have Might
ThoughtsY" Salesman: "No, marin,
have to work so hard day times, sleep
powerful sound"
A recent novel says: "And he wen.
to bed and enjoyed sound, dreamless
sleep" How can a man enjoy anything
whom hn is ,,ncOnccions3
A prctcntious woman, who had proba>
bly, heard OF amulets, boastcd that she
"kcpt off all sorts of evils by wearing an
omcct about her neck"
An exchange has an article on the
| temperature of humble bees. We should
say that the question would largely de-
| pend on which end of the bee was tested.
Jay Gould says that it mad, him very
sad to 90 to church when a boy. Ho
made great many other men sad when
he left the church and went to Wall
street.
Husband Gmpatiently to wifc)--"l
I told you l only wanted half a cup of
tea, and, as usual, you've fl led it up to
the top. Don't you know what ha t
full isl" Mother inlaw (grimlO-"SL3
ought to know by this time. You've
| been half full often enough"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07

The tiger is but mortal after all, and
can be as easily frightened as other much
moro timid creatures. One that had
escaped from its home in Calcutta met a
steam roller in the streets and grew so
alarmed that it at once turned tail. In
its terror it fed into house, leaped over
the BREAKFASTS at which four per-
sons were sitting, and finally found
refuge in corner of the kitchen, where
it crouched down quite cowed. After
some time it was prevailed upon to leave
its quarters by the bait Of a meal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07
Who knOWS2

june leaves are green, pink is the rose,
White bloom tho lilies; yet who knows,
Or swears ho knows the reason whyi
None dare say"
The oriole, fitting, stoops and sips
A soft, sweet kiss from the lly's lips;
Who taught the oriole to steal SO!
None say they know.
Whether the oriole stops and thinks,
Or whether he simply stoops and drinks,
Saying it only suits him WE'LL
This who can tell
We marvel whittier this life stream tends
And how remote are its hidden ends;
But life and loving soon slip over
Time and the lover.
A kiss is ALL a sip and song;
A day is short, and year not long,
Loving would double-but thinking stole
Half from tho whole.
flames Herbert Morse
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07

The fruit of the coffee tree is so like
English cherries that, it is said, most
folk would be at loss to tell heap of
the berries from a heap of the edible
fruit This applies, however, only to
their outward appearance, for the berry
contains no stone, but two seeds in
stead. These seeds (Which are carried
in thick lcathery skin, called ''parch-
mentD, after going through different
processes. become tho coffee beans of
commerce.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-07
PRICE THREE CENTS.
The Poet.

He sings: and such unscornful few as heed,
Say kindly, "Good, perhaps, but what's tho
need"
And others mutter, "Wordsl
All has been said that there is need to say
What does he want, this piper bound to play
Before unlistening herdsp
And so the dreams that dazzled him at dawn
Decline, and as the silent night comes on,
Mad pray'r and protest cease;
Yet sickening hope through failure will
abide,
Until the hungry heart, unsatisfled-
In death finds its first peace.
And then-one day the wakening nations
say,
mo doubt, this mans was an inspired lay
Bow to the laureled headn
And then-he is bewept, and loved aLh
praised;
And then-enduring monuments are raised
To him long dead long dead
-[Gertrude Hall, in the Century.